So I get home from work...I work the mornings at a coffee shop...and the boys have just barely done anything!!!! The dishes from last night are still in the sink, the dishwasher has not been unloaded, and I'm just raving mad right now about it!!!!!!!
I unloaded the dishwasher and washed the dishes...I didn't speak to either of them, except to sternly tell my youngest to take out the garbage. As I preceded to slam dishes around and bite my tongue really hard, my oldest, who's getting ready to go to a pray meeting at the school, says to me..."sorry, it's not my job"....
***calm***
I know, I know, I should have made them both do it, but I guess I thought it would be a lesson to them to see me so raving mad as to slam the dishes around and pout...yeah, that worked! LOL
So, I take 4 caps of St. John's Wort, breathe deeply, say a pray for calmness and direction, and throw (quite literally!) a load of clothes in the washer...
***breathe***
I feel I should quit my job...but we need the money.
I feel I should just throw my kids in school...but I know that homeschooling is best.
I feel I should not even try to live my dream...but it's in my heart and soul.
I feel I should give up everything that is me...but then who would I be??
I feel like screaming right now...but I won't...but I really want to....
***sigh***
The job of a mother is definitely the hardest job there is...
***calm***
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I feel your pain. When I used to come home from births, I would find the house in complete and total disarray. I used to be so angry I could spit. My husband, who is the more level-headed of us two, said he really didn't expect them to do ANYTHING. Also, the pressure on my oldest to babysit nicely (he's 15) plus get the house clean was too much. He was going into a rage at the littler people for not obeying him in cleaning up. So I finally decided that happy children were more important than a clean house. Maybe you could set up an afternoon schedule that everyone can help and get things cleaned up really well?
You're so right. I have my high standards that most of the time no one can live up to, not even myself somedays! LOL
And putting that pressure on my kids isn't right. I'm much calmer now since posting that and see that a clean house isn't the most important thing in the world.
Glad to know someone else deals with this too. :)
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